Match 39
8th March 1958
Exeter City v Bournemouth & Boscombe
And in the Southern League
Barry Town v Exeter City
BOSCOMBE COMPLETE DOUBLE OVER THE CITY
All the Goals in 4 Minutes
Saturday March 8th.
EXETER CITY 1
(Calland)
BOURNEMOUTH & BOSCOMBE 2
(Bedford 2).
Played at St James's Park, attendance 8,000.
The City were beaten and they thoroughly deserved to be at the Park this afternoon by a far stronger, faster, and more skilful side. By winning this game by 2 goals to 1 Bournemouth completed the double over Exeter, having won by the same score in October on their own. ground.
City: Hunter; Foley, MacDonald; John, Oliver, Mitchell; Rees, Churms, Calland, Nicholls, Dale.
Boscombe:- Godwin; Thomas, Woolard; Rule, Burgess, Brown; Hampson, Dowsett, Bedford, Arnott, Cutler.
All the goals were scored in the last four minutes of the first half, Bedford, Calland, and Bedford again finding the net in that order.
Southern League
Barry Town v Exeter City
Playing in South Wales against Barry Town today the City Reserves were soundly thrashed, the final result being Barry 8 Exeter 2. Billy James (5), Morgan (2), and Dolman (1) scored the Welsh team's goals (three before half-time) while Exeter's were both got by Hill in the second half.
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